Almost was killed by a falling chicken... somebody is stupid... me?

[featherbaby]

And what did you learn from this?????????

 

[zazouse]

Oh my be carefull ,
these kinda things happen to me in 3's.

 

[HyLinda]

Don't know about home owners insurance, but do you have an "Umbrella Policy"?

 

[Rozzie]

It's a good thing ostriches don't perch on things!

 

[Tala]

flush them gashes out really well with saline water and then dose them up really well with your choice of ointment, it would suck to have to tell your story to the doc if you needed abx for an infection

 

[TrystInn]

Judge you? I'm a member of the same club - The Chickens of the Tree!

I have two birds who insist on roosting in the Grand Fir behind the chicken coop - Smokey, a Blue Andalusian hen and Mutilda, a Silver Gray Dorking. I'd doubled the size of my coop in order for the ladies to have plenty of room, so you can imagine my disgust when they refuse to use it and hang out in the darn tree instead. Worse yet, I keep having hubby go trim the limbs off the tree, hoping if there's no easy to reach branches, they'll give up and go in the coop. So far, we're at about 30 feet and still trimming branches.

So the other night, I decided to see if I couldn't bribe them down by throwing out some scratch. The two ladies dive bombed me to get to the scratch, then Mutilda ran inside the coop and perched on one of the door frames. Smokey, unfortunately, got back up in the tree by herself. I'm not amused. Thankfully, I'm not bruised either.

So what to do? I've no idea, really. I've been feeding them their general feed out and about, like I usually do but only giving them scratch inside the coop. So far Mutilda has figured it out and is sleeping in the coop. Smokey is still up there. Somewhere.

 

[ji]

Oh thats just too good. Who hasn't had difficult to explain accidents. I can see you explaining this to your insurance agent

"Well, I was out one night raking chickens from a tree, in the ordinary fashion that people do, and one of the chickens developed a dislike of sharing the rake with his partner. Well, the usual problem devolped under the circumstances and one of the chickens fell off of the rake and with so much as a Cirque de Solei twist or somersault landed in my face which I had only intended to use for watching the birds. My face suffered chicken scratches and indignation. I only want coverage for the scratches. What do you think?"

 

[LALASD4]

No, not cover, that would be cover by your medical insurance. Now if that was not your chicken then you would be cover by its owners Homeowner's policy.

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[Tartannik]

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Sorry had to laugh, so glad you are ok though and yes I beleive some chickens are a bit thick, I have a silkie who isn't the brightest, bless her!!

 

[joebryant]

chickensducks&agoose :

... So I usually poke the flat edge of the rake up in the air, the chickens step onto it, one at a time, and I lift them over to the coop and deposit them inside. ...

Oh, my lord, I should NEVER complain again about my having to go out just before dark to close the run's door. Geeze oh Pete!
Geeze oh Pete!
ETA You don't suppose your chickens are just a little bit... Can't think of a word... ("spoiled" does not suffice) Geeze oh Pete!​